Clutch.



No. 885,075. PA'I'EN'I'ED APR. 2l, 1908.

n. s. OAKLEY.

CLUTCH. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE l, 1907.

, @a-JWM @wh y l atlpoznus DAVID S. OAKLEY, PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

CLUTCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.l Application led June 1, 1907. Serial No. 376,773.

Patented April 21, 1908.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID S. GAKLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parkersburg, in the county of Wood and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in` Clutches,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clutch for connecting a driven element or wheel to a driving element 4or shaft when it is desired to transmit power.

The invention -has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character so` as tobe comparatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture, of substantial and .durable design, and capable of producing a powerful clutching effect.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a clutch comprising relatively movable cones mounted on the driving element and adapted to engage hollow cones on the opposite sides of the hub of the wheel or driven element, one of the cones being thrown into and out of engagement by means of a` screweactuated lever.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described heremafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of the clutch applied to a rotatable shaft and pulley. Fig. 2 is a side view of the clutch device. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the clutching elements. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of parts of the means for actuating the clutch.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a rotatable driving shaft on which is loosely mounted a driving element, whichfin the present instance, represents a belt pulley 2, the hub 3 of the latter having a bushing of babbitt 4. The ends of the hub 3 are provided with hollow cones 5 that form part of the clutching device. On the shaft 1 is a relatively -liXed cone-6 secured by a jam screw 7, as shown in Fig. 3, which cone is adapted to engage in one of the conical depressions 5 of the hub. Also on the shaft 1 is a sliding cone 8 arranged to engage in the conical depression 5 in the opposite end of the hub, the said cone .being slidably connected with the shaft by a spline 9. The cone 8 is adapted to be moved ongitudinally` of the shaft and when moved in one direction, will engage the pulley and throw the latter toward the relatively fixed cone 6 so that the wheel will be clamped between the cones and hence rotate with the shaft, while a movement of the cone8 in the opposite direction will, of course, release the wheel.

The Y mechanism for clutching and unclutching the parts comprises a lever 10 full crumed at 11 on a' stationary support 12 and having its inner end formed into a yoke 13 that spans the cone 8. ripheral groove 14 in which engages an a proximately lsemi-annular member 15. T ends of the yoke 13 are formed into diametrically arranged eyes 15 through which eX- tend bolts' 16 that engage in openings in the member 15 which bolts constitute hinge joints between the operating lever and member 15. On the stationary support- 12 is an upwardly projecting lug 17 in which is journaled an adjusting screw 18, the latter having a hand wheel or grip 19 for convenient mani ulation. The lever 10 has a hollow cylin rical head 20 at 4its outer end in which is a cylindrical block 21. This block has a threaded o ening 22, as shown in Fig. 4, for receiving t e'screw 18, and the head has slots 23 arranged in alinement with the opening 22 for receiving the screw. By operating the screw 18, the lever can be moved back and forth for clutching and unclutching the wheel or ulley and as the screw engages in the cylin rical block 21, the lever can move back and forth with perfect freedom. This screw enablesl a powerful clutching effect to be produced so that the wheel will rotate with the shaft without slipping.

The clutch is comparatively simple, durable and highly effective in use.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the `method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described thc principle of operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the'best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative The cone has'a peloo and that such changes may be made when desired, as are within the scope of the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is z 1. The combination of a clutch, with a mechanism for throwing the clutch into or out of operation, said. mechanism comprising a lever provided. with a head having slots, a support on which the lever is fulcrumed, an o erating screw journaled on the support and oosely extending through the slots of the head and disposed with its axis at right angles to the aXis on which the lever moves, and a block mounted for relative turning movement in the head and having a tapped opening for receiving the screw.

2. A device of the class described comprising clutching members one having` a peripheral groove, a semi-annulus disposed 1n the groove, a bifurcated lever, bolts for detaehably and hingedly connecting the lever and annulus at diametricallT opposite points and at the ends of the annulus, and means for operating the lever.

3.- ln a device of the class described, the

' combination of clutching members, an opcombination of clutching elements, one having an annular groove, an approximately the lever, and a block mounted on the head in which the screw has a tlneadcd engagement.

5. ln a device of the class described, the

combination of a wheel having a hub pro vided with oppositely disposed hollow cones, a shaft passing through the hub, a cone clamped to the shaft to engage one ofthe hollow cones, a sliding cone rotatable with the shaft and arranged to engage the other hollow cone and having a peripheral groove, a semi-annular member engaging in the groove, a lever hingedly connected at diametricall)T opposite points with the member, a support for the lever, a screw mount ed on the support, a hollow l'iead on the lever having diametrically arranged slots, and a block looosely mounted in the head with which the screw has a threaded engagement.

In testimoirvv whereof, l affix in v signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID S. OAKLEY. Witnesses:

NORTON l.. UrsoN, V. HnNDEnsno'r. 

